MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ashu mean?
Sanskrit āśu is an adjective meaning swift and an adverb meaning quickly. Ashu also functions as a familiar short name alongside its independent lexical use.
Pronunciation
IAST: āśu
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आशु
Letter-by-letter: āśu
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ashu in Indian usage
3,078 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,470 records (47.8%).
- Recorded as male: 1,608 records (52.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 533 |
| 1980s | 1,237 |
| 1990s | 1,082 |
| Other decades | 226 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 2,787 |
| Other states | 291 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, āśu, p. 157,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Ashu ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.